Does anyone ever running any kind of filtration media in your filter sock?

[mustangcaleb]

i have 2 25g tanks im curing rock in, and the rock came out of a tank that had an algae problem. dont know if it will help much, if at all; but i have a bottle of kent phosphate remover that i have no other use for. what do you think about putting it in my filter sock, going into the sump?

 

[mustangcaleb]

haha, this phosphate remover is pellets about the size of bb's. i got a full bottle of it in one of those oh-so-fun, "ill sell you everything in this cooler for $20". but i have no other use for it, i figured i could throw it in that sock filter then just trash it once the filter needs to be washed again.

 

[mustangcaleb]

no this stuff is white, and you may have a good point, it may get busted into tiny pieces. if its in the socks, itll be catching the return from a mag 5 with about 4' of head.

 

[weaglereefer]

How often do you change your filter sock? I change mine every 2 days and would hate to have to reach to the bottom to get anything out. I too would be worried about the stuff getting ground up and released into the tank.

If you have baffles in your sump, then put the stuff in a bag and hang so it's inside the baffle and water flows through it.

 

[mustangcaleb]

well this is just BB curing tanks, there is no livestock, food, poo, or anything. but i wash it out every weekend, its been getting alittle bit of stuff. but my skimmer is right behind the sock and its not pullin much either. its all ro/di water and only thing ever put in it is salt and rocks

 

[chymos45]

If it's what I think it is, I've used that media in one of my reactors before and it did pretty well for phosphate removal. Not nearly the pulverization (I think I made that word up) concern as with the phosban, so flow from a mag 5 in a sock shouldn't break it up. Given your specific circumstance as a curing tank with no livestock, not a bad idea. Give it a shot and keep an eye on the pellets to make sure they aren't getting destroyed. If they are, maybe you could put it in a media bag inside the sock...
Regardless, check your param's before you put it in, and continue to check. The phosphate values should drop quickly (1-2 days). Take the media out if the value stops dropping or reaches 0 to keep the phosphate from leaching back out of the media into the water.

 

[mustangcaleb]

ok, ill give it a shot and see what happens, itd have to get broken into TINY pieces to make it through my sock... i dont recall if its a 100 micron or 200 micron. but we'll see, thanks ARC!

 

[chymos45]

Phosban starts off pretty small and literally turns to DUST when it has too much flow. The Kent product is a little more durable and shouldn't be a problem at all in either size sock.
Let us know how it works.

 

[glxtrix]

Is it purigen? If so I know there is a flow rate for that, as well as GFO. I'd be cautious....but if it's in a sock....hmmm. Use at risk I guess.

 

[glxtrix]

oh...yeah purigen is not kent...oh well, good luck.

 

[mustangcaleb]

i already put it in there, but im going to go get a picture of the container so you guys know what im talking about

 

[mustangcaleb]

heres the media i used, then a pic of the sump/sock setup

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[weaglereefer]

Worth a shot. Rinse the media out really well before you put it in, and you shouldn't have a problem with small pieces.

 

[mustangcaleb]

yea, i forgot to wash it out... tsk tsk tsk...

it was cloudy for about 30 seconds, but my skimmer sucked it all up, this pic was taken no more than 5 mins after the cloud...

but again, theres no life in here, so short of dying the rock some crazy color, theres really not to much to worry about

 

[glxtrix]

e-gads man, did you use gorilla glue for the baffles?

 

[mustangcaleb]

glxtrix;306804 wrote: e-gads man, did you use gorilla glue for the baffles?

no sir, its aquarium silicone from home depot

e gads?

 

[dakota9]

look for the filter sock to glog up pretty quickly. Running just water through them they get pretty nasty pretty quick. I'd buy a filter bag and just put it in the sump. I canister filter comes in handy for this sort of thing, if you happen to have one laying around.